Spit in My Face

Spit in My Face 2023 Directed by Manfred Vainokivi Sülita mulle näkku

This small, personal, honest experiment on a minimalist budget is edited from 12 years of nostalgic archival footage and ironical pranks. Mostly it is Manfred behind the camera. He follows Kristjan’s encounters and drunken conversations with the self-proclaimed cinema pioneer Eedi. Chess master Eedi can barely walk and can’t hear, but bitterly scorns Kristjan for filmmaking. Unstoppable dreamer, Kristjan continues to imagine a long-postponed film about the painter Jüri Arrak with never-ending hope to leave a mark in Estonian culture.

Country Estonia

Production Country Estonia

Language Estonian

Spoken Language Estonian

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Filmivabrik

Release Date 16 November 2023

60 mins